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Researchers at the University of Edinburgh found that one in eight of the world's children have been victims of non-consensual taking, sharing and exposure to sexual images and video in the past 12 months. — iStock pic
Life / 27 May 2024

Over 300 million children a year face sexual abuse online, study shows

Mehmet Sen rides the primitive cable car in the village of Daginiksu, in the north-eastern Turkiye province of Rize. ― AFP pic
Life / 27 May 2024

Deathtrap cable cars spook Turkiye's intrepid tea farmers

Coffee producer Neide Peixoto selects coffee beans at the Santo Antonio farm in Santo Antonio do Amparo, Minas Gerais, Brazil on May 15, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 26 May 2024

Black farmers in Brazil changing views on coffee production

The National Health and Morbidity Survey 2023 shows 2.3 million Malaysian adults live with three non-communicable diseases. — AFP pic
Life / 27 May 2024

Doctors warn of serious public health risks with 2.3 million Malaysian adults living with three NCDs

Dr Azura Hashim says more than 100 personality traits can be identified through handwriting. — Unsplash pic
Life / 26 May 2024

Handwriting can reveal your personality and an AI app is coming to decode it soon

Local celebrities and influencers at Diptyque Café Verlet in The Exchange TRX. — Picture courtesy of Kens Apothecary
Life / 26 May 2024

French luxury brand Diptyque launches four gourmet candles with Parisian pop-up café at Pavilion KL

Algerian villagers celebrate spring with ancestral ball game. — AFP pic
Life / 26 May 2024

Algerian villagers celebrate spring with ancestral ball game

Ultra-processed foods increase cardiometabolic risk in children, study finds. — Picture courtesy of Daisy-Daisy / Getty Images via ETX Studio
Life / 26 May 2024

Diabetes, excess weight, cholesterol: The harmful effects of ultra-processed foods on children’s health

Paris city hall on Friday voted to increase the Eiffel Tower adult admission price by 20 per cent from next month to help pay for urgent renovation work. — AFP pic
Life / 26 May 2024

Eiffel Tower ticket prices to rise by 20pc 

A sample of the a new protein dubbed ‘Solein’ is pictured at an early stage of production at the headquarters of the Solar Foods company on May 2, 2024 2024 in Vantaa, Finland. — AFP pic
Life / 26 May 2024

Finland’s wizards making food out of thin air

Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, who broke his own record for scaling Mount Everest for the 30th time, gestures to the crowd upon his arrival at the Tribhuvan International airport in Kathmandu May 24, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 25 May 2024

Everest? All in a day’s work for record climber Kami Rita Sherpa

This electric spoon makes food taste more salty! — Picture courtesy of Kirin
Life / 25 May 2024

Cut down on salt without losing flavour thanks to this electric spoon

Hong Kong recorded a fertility rate of 0.75 last year, well below the global replacement level of 2.1 births per woman. — AFP pic
Life / 25 May 2024

Survey: Record low level of Hong Kong's young adults want children

The worst-ever Ebola outbreak began in December 2013 in southern Guinea before spreading to two neighbouring West African countries, Liberia and Sierra Leone. ― AFP pic
Life / 25 May 2024

The Ebola virus: Profile of a dreaded killer

This picture taken on March 19, 2024 shows Atsuko Sato (left) with her Japanese shiba inu dog Kabosu, best known as the logo of cryptocurrency Dogecoin, playing with students at a kindergarten in Narita, Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo.
Life / 24 May 2024

Japanese dog of ‘Doge’ meme fame dies

According to Tesla Malaysia, the offer is only for Model Y RWD ready stocks as published on their inventory list. At the time of writing, there are 14 units available. — SoyaCincau pic
Life / 24 May 2024

Tesla Model Y RWD now offered with 0.78pc interest rate for 84-month tenure